Kerry Washington was born on January 31 1977 in the Bronx.
Kerry Washington's first filmed acting role in 1994 for ABC telefilm Magic Make-over. In 96 she was on the PBS kid show Standard Deviants.
Before becoming a study actress Kerry worked at a substatue teacher. She says that she couldn't work at the same school for more then 3 days in a row because she wanted to be focused on being an actress and thought that she would become attached to the kids and want to stay and become a teacher, like her mother. even if she like the ideal of having a study job and health care.
